We are forry to take notice, that the affembly of New-York have refufed to provide barracks, fuel, &c. for the troops quartered in that city, agreeable to an act paffed for that purpose laft year, by the parliament of Great Britain; a refufal which, fhould they perfift in it, may be productive of the most difagreeable confequences to that province. The above-mentioned act has been complied with by the affembly of Philadelphia. Lieut. Gen. Baron de Goltz, knight of the Ruffian order of St. Alexander Newski, and Marshal of the confederation of the diffidents for Poland and Polish Pruffia, died at Thorn of a violent fever, and his brother, Major General Baron de Goltz, Starofle of Graudent, is elected marshal of the confederation in his room. Died, at Hales Owen Mrs. Elizabeth Mason, aged 104 years. Louts Margotten in France, aged 105 years. Rev. Mr. Paterfon at Footscray, aged 100 years. Mrs. Mary Tufton at Namptwich, aged 109 years. John King at Stratford upon Avon, aged 105 years. Baronefs Pafferini at Rome, aged 108 years. The Morocco ambaffador, had his audience of leave of his majesty, and a fhip of war is ordered to be in readinefs to carry him home. This day the ceremony of the coronation of their Danish ma jefties was performed in the chapel Collections were made in the feveral churches of Dublin, for the relief of the induftrious poor, which amounted in the whole to 27381. 14s. 5d. 2d. The feffions ended at the Old Bailey, when seventeen prifoners were capitally convicted; among thefe were Gormon and Johnson, failors, for the mur der of the man at Holloway. Some favourable circumftances appearing in favour of Johnfon, he was refpited; one of the accomplices was admitted king's evidence; and another, against whom there was not fufficient evidence for the murder, was condemned for a robbery. At this feffion, forty-five were ordered to be transported for feven years, two for fourteen years, two were branded, and two pri vately whipped. A farmer at Morton near York, on finding fault with a fervant boy for difobeying his order gave him a push from him, where. by he fell backward, and his head pitching on a stone, his skull was fractured, and he died immediately. The farmer, fhocked at the dreadful accident, next morning cut the arteries of both his arms, fo that his life is defpaired of. The coroner's jury that fat on the body brought in their verdict accidental death. [F] 4 The The lady of Admiral O'Hara was terribly burnt, by an accident of her ruffle taking fire by the flame of a candle; and her fon, Capt. O'Hara, was much fcorched by endeavouring to extinguish the flame. An ingenious experiment was made by the Rev. Mr. Gainfborough, before feveral perfons of diftinction, pointing out a cheap and eafy method of turning any wheel-plough into a drill-plough, adapted to all kinds of feeds and all proportions; which met with general applaufe. The culture of Buck, or French Wheat, is ftrongly recommended as exceedingly profitable to the farmer. It will thrive well in fandy or gravelly foils; rolled and ploughed in, when green, it makes an excellent manure for three years; reaped and threshed, it produces great increafe, affords a delicious food for pigs, pigeons, and poultry; and, by mixing it with oats, it cleanfes and fmooths the coats of horses: in short, in poor land nothing anfwers fo well. The time of fowing it is in May. Francis Gormon, for the 4th. murder of Thomas Griffiths, was executed pursuant to his fentence. A young woman with a wen upon her neck, was lifted up while he was hanging, and had the wen rubbed with the dead man's hand, from a fuperftitious notion that it would effect a cure. The collection at the rehearfal of the mufic for the feaft of the fons of the clergy amounted to 2121. 10s. 6d. the leaft that has been known for many years. Letters from Baffaterre, in St. Chriftopher's, dated Feb. 12, fays, "Capt. Dyer, of the Anna Terefa packet, who arrived here a few days ago, informs us, that an infurrection of the negroes has happened at the island of Grenada, where a body of them, to the number of 600 or 700, who had chiefly deferted from the French inhabitants, had taken poffeffion of fome inacceffible mountain, from whence they made frequent fallies, and committed terrible devaftations upon their matters, many of whom they had killed. When Capt. Dyer came away, general Melvill had fent a party of 40 men, with one cohorn, to endeavour to fupprefs them, but with what fuccefs capt. Dyer had not had time to learn." There has been alfo an infurrection of the negroes lately in Jamaica, which was foon quelled; but not till they had inhumanly murdered fome whites. We are forry to fay, that their cruelties were retaliated in a manner difgraceful to human nature; fuch of them as were taken, were burnt alive by a flow fire, beginning at the feet, and burning upwards; which the wretches bore with amazing refolution. 7th. Was held the anniversary meeting of the fons of the clergy. The fermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Eyre, and the collection amounted to 1651. 10s. zd. At the hall to 49ol. 16s. 8d. A moft barbarous and inhuman murder was committed at Anderfton, a village near Glafgow, by Johanna Dougal, on her own daughter, between eight and nine years of age. We are informed that that he had been in terms of A fugar-baker, in Cheapfide, was put into fresh earth up to the chin, in which fituation he remained fix hours, by way of remedy for an inveterate fcurvy, that had baffled the kill of eminent phyficians. At the herbalizing feaft of the company of apothecaries, Mr. Latham recommended the Lamium Album, or white nettle, to the notice of his brethern, as containing properties that might be extremely ufeful in pharmacy. Advice was received here, that the Lindenhoff, a Dutch Eaft-Indiaman, had been fet on fire by lightning, on the coaft of India, and entirely confumed. The captain and 87 others faved themfelves in their boats; but 40 perifhed in the flames, or were drowned. Extract of a letter from Kingston in Jamaica, dated the 31st of January. The 26th inftant came to anchor in this port, the floop George, capt. Jeremiah Rogers, bound from Halifax to New-York, blown off the coaft by ftrefs of weather. Being obliged to put into Porto Rico the 15th inft. having only a few bifkets and gallons of water on board; upon fending the boat on fhore to get relief, no notice being taken of the fignal made by the floop, the mate and failors in the boat were detained as prifoners, and the boat was fent back by their own people, commanded by a lieutenant of a guarda cofta, who boarded the veffel, and made the captain and all on board prifoners, with a strong guard on deck; they then went into the cabbin, and opened trunks and boxes belonging to the paffengers, and carried away fundry effects and money, as alfo goods belonging to the veffel. On the 17th inftant, being under way, a Spanish frigate brought the floop to anchor, firft firing a fhot to leeward, and fent the boat with eight or nine hands armed, commanded by a petty officer, who ordered the captain and paffengers to go on board the Spanish veffel; and during the time the captain and paffengers were on board the Spainifh veffel, his people were committing many acts of piracy and barbarity on board the floop, and would not fuffer any of the people belonging to the floop to hale the fhip; and after complaining to the captain of the frigate, no redrefs was obtained but a peremptory demand was made to fend on board his veffel a barrel of mackrel as a pafs. It is to be ob ferved, ferved, that the governor of St. Domingo was on board, who faid, it was not in his power to give any relief, being only a paffenger:' it was therefore thought more prudent to leave fuch an inhofpitable coaft, than make any further at. tempts for relief, having a perish. able cargo on board. The above account is taken from a copy of the captain's proteft. 16th. Cariffimi (dum vixeret) re'iquias, The committee of mechanics from the fociety for promoting arts, &c. in the Strand, attended by appointment at one of the keys, near Billinf gate, to fee the experiment of Mr. Pinchbeck's invention for improv. Thomas Mompeffion, Efq. ben- ing the wheel crane, and for precher in the Middle Temple, died venting the many fatal accidents lately. He was the elder brother which fo frequently happen in that of Henry Mompeffion, murdered ufeful and neceffary machine, withby robbers in France, in 1723, out depending in the leaft on the care of any of the labourers or with Mr. Sebright, and two other English gentlemen. Mr. Mom perfons working therein; when, peffion, was at first wounded, but among many fevere trials that it not mortally, by a piftol, on which underwent, an hogfhead was fufhe fell, and might probably have fered to run amain, and the men furvived, had he not, by looking to jump out, when the wheel, to up too foon, been obferved by the the furprife of many of the fpecrobbers juft as they were going off, tators, ftopped of itself before, on which they returned, and cut it had made more than half a rehis throat. Mr. Mompeffion's re-volution. This invention is enmains were brought to England, tirely given to the public, and it and entered in the family vault of is thought will certainly prevent any future accident, the church yard of Sundrich, in Kent, with the following infcription: M. S. HENRICI MOMPESSON, Qui tabe pulmonari graviter affectus, Hoc vulnere. Etatis fuæ 26. The general affembly of the church of Scotland met. On this occafion, his majefty's high commiffioner, the Earl of Glafgow, made a grand appearance. His grace opened the affembly with an elegant fpeech from the throne, to which the moderator made a very fuitable return. His majesty's moft gracious letter to the affembly was then given in by his grace, and read with all due honour and refpect. The commiffioners of the court of requests of Trowbridge, having difplaced Mr. Pierce, their clerk, for refufing to receive the monies belonging to the fuitors of the faid court, a caufe, that was com commenced by Mr. Pierce, upon his removal, was tried before lord Mansfield, when his lordship was of opinion, that the commiffioners had no power to order Mr. Pierce to receive the faid monies; and that they had exceeded their authority in removing him for that caufe; and a mandamus was thereupon ordered for reftoring him. At a fale of medals in Suffolkftreet, a fmall gold one of Pompey the Great fold for 27 guineas. A number of fubalterns of the army and marines, on half-pay, affembled at the Globe-tavern in the Strand, and deputed lieut. Carrol to wait on the marquis of Granby and gen. Conway, to return them thanks for their gracious reception of their application for an augmentation of their allowance. As one Thomas Haynes in Sherborne was going in fearch of his fon (a boy of about eleven years of age) who had been miffing fince Tuesday, he was met by a man who told him, that his fon was found drowned in a ditch, near the French prifon; on hearing of which, the father dropped down dead, and as foon as the melancholly news reached the mother, fhe was feized with fits, and it is supposed she cannot live out the night. They write from Berlin, that on the 12th the ceremony of the chriftening was performed at Portzdam, when the new born-princefs was named Frederick-CharlotteUlrique Catherine. The fponfors prefent were, the king of Pruffia, the reigning duke and dutchefs of Brunswick, the princefs dowager of Pruffia, princefs Wilhelmina, the dowager Margravine of Bareith; prince Henry (the king of Pruffia's brother); prince Frede. rick of Brunswick, and the empress of Ruffia, and queen of Sweden, by their proxies. A letter from Marseilles gives the following particulars. "Signior Romanzo, the Corfican courier, has been among us thefe ten days paft. The duke de -- having faid fomething very impertinent against the Britifh nation, and particularly against a great perfonage, the generous Corfican told him that the British were a nation of men, and their king the beft prince in Europe. He faid this with fuch an emphafis and fo indignant a book, that the duke thought proper to call him out, and they fought behind the ramparts. The duke was feverely wounded, but fignior Romanzo escaped unhurt, This affair has done him great honour with every body. C'est un beau coup cela pour prendre conge, faid a colonel of the Gens d'Armes. M. Romanzo is preparing to embark, on his return to Corfica. zoth. His majefty went to the houfe of peers, attended by the duke of Ancafter, and the earl of Denbigh; when the royal affent was given to 18 public bills; among which were, The bill for raifing 1,500,000l. by annuities and a lottery, for the fervice of the prefent year, to be charged on the finking fund. The Bill for redeeming certain annuities, in refpect of navy, victualling, and tranfport bills, and ordnance debentures. The |